freeze out
To snub or ice out; to forcibly remove or excludeTo snub or ice out; to forcibly remove or exclude.
» The villagers tried to freeze us out.
Сельчане пытались отделаться от нас. — odexed
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To snub or ice out; to forcibly remove or exclude.
The first step in freezing out competitors is to create a superior product.
After finding out her horrible secret, the son froze his mother out of his life.
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Examples
7 sentencesThe villagers tried to freeze us out.
ruСельчане пытались отделаться от нас. — odexed
I'm going to freeze to death out here.
Tom is going to freeze to death out there.
Tom will freeze to death out there.
deDa draußen friert sich Tom doch zu Tode. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My fingers are totally frozen out by the outside weather.
Forms
freezes out, freezing out, froze out, frozen out| Base form | freeze out · to freeze out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | freezes out |
| Present participle | freezing out |
| Past simple | froze out |
| Past participle | frozen out |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonyms- change from a liquid to a solid when cold:freezefreeze down
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.